Label-holder.



- PATBNTED SEPT. 6, 1904.

' P. H. YAWMAN. l

LABEL HOLDER. APPLIOATION FILED MAB. 4. 1904.

N0 MODEL,

UNITED STATES Patented september e, 1904,

4 PATENT *OEEICE.

ASSIGNOR TO YAWMAN OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK,

LABEL-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, PHILIP H. YAWMAN, of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and 5 useful Improvements in Label-Holders; and 1 do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a'part of this specification, and

IO to the reference-numerals marked thereon.

My present invention has for its object to y provide a novellabel lr card holder that may be readily and cheaply formed from a blank of sheet material, the label-receptacle of which I is disposed -at an incline to the remainder of the holder and is formed by a pluralityof in` gers that are struck up from the body of the blank', improved securing means being also provided by means of which the device may be fastened to a suitable support.

To-these and other ends it consists in cer- "tain features of novelty and construction that will be hereinafter more fully explained, and pointed out in the claims hereunto annexed. 1n the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a paper-filing drawer containing cards .provided with card or label holders embody- -ing my invention. Fig. 2 represents a blank from which the label-holder is formed. Fig. 3 is a sectional View on the line 3 3, and Fig. '4 is a similar view on the line 4 4, of Fig. l, showing the method of applying the device to a card; and Fig. 5 is a sectional View on the line 5 5 of Fig. 3.

A label-holder embodying my invention is preferably made up from a blank that may be punched or otherwise cut from sheet material, such a blank vhaving a plurality of tongues or tabs 1, that are cut from the blank in parallel rows in such manner as to enable them to be turned upwardly in the subsequent operation of forming the holder, and at each of the lateral edgesof the blank are'formed the tabs 2 2 and`3 3, that are adapted to be turned up to form lingers or projections that are substantially in line with the similar portions formed by the tabs l. The extension 4 of the blank is provided with a portion Vthat projects be- Ratent No; 769,204, dated september e, 1904. Appncaa'on ned March r4, 1904.

serial No. 196,501. (No model.)

yondthe tabs 2 to enable it to be turned up substantially at right angles to the latter in the forming'of the blank, s0 as to constitute 'a stop for the card or label 5, that .is adapted to be slid into the holder beneath the upturned tabs l, 2, and 3. At each side of the tabs l are provided the apertures 6 and beside each aperture a liap 7, theseflaps and apertures being so arranged that when the ends of the blank are folded together in forming the holder the aperture 6 at one end of the blank will register with the corresponding fiap 7, "60 carried by the opposite end of the blank. At the extreme ends of the blank are provided flaps 8 8 and 9 9, and adjacent these flaps are provided therecesses lO l0 and 11 1l, respec tively, such an arrangement causing the said iiaps to register withtheir corresponding re cesses or cut-away portions when the said ends are folded together'.

In forming a holder of this character from its blank the tongues or tabs ll are struck up from the remainder of the blank to form retaining-lingers that extend in parallel rows at a slightly-spaced distance therefrom, and the tabs 2 2 and 3 3 at the sides of the blank are bent up in line with these retainingngers, such a construction providing a .plurality of fingers that are spaced from the blank a sulcient distance to permit kthe insertion of a card therebetween,'the stop 4e being provided to limit the movement of the card or label while being inserted and to prevent its displacement.v The ends of the blank are bent ofi' at an angle to that portion of the blank that is formed to receive the label,V and the forward end 12 is again bent and brought in proximity to the other end, so that they will extend in parallel directions at opposite sides of the card or other 'device upon which they are to be secured. The flaps 7 7 are then ex? tended through the supporting-cardand into their corresponding apertures 6 6 when they are bent back against thel surface of the card to form a flush surface with the side of the holder, as well as to provide reinforcing devices for stiffening and strengthening the holder. The fiaps 8 8 vand 9 9 are then extended through the supporting-card and then bent back against the latter, so as to rest in their corresponding apertures 10 and 1l at the opposite ends of the blank. Such a construction will enable the card or label bearing any suitable inscription to be readily inserted and removed, as occasion may require, and while it is extremely simple and easy to apply the holder to a card or other support at the same time it is securely locked thereon against either loosening or removal. At the same time a device of this character may be readily and inexpensively manufactured entirely from a punching from sheet material, and by arranging the label-receiving portion thereof at an angle or incline to the sides or securing ends of the holder the inscription upon the label may be readily and conveniently read from various positions when it is employed for a purpose similar to that herein shown. Moreover, the holder is considerably stifliened and strengthened by employing the fastening-flaps 7, that extend through from the respective securing ends of the holder and are clenched upon the opposite sides of the supporting-card or other medium, preferably at points adjacent the upper edge thereof, thereby acting as ties to bind the securing ends firmly together and to the supporting medium, and thus effectually preventing the upper projecting portion of the holder from becoming bent or distorted as a result of rough and continuous handling.

I claim as my inventionl. A device of the character described formed from a blank of sheet material, the ends of which are doubled to form attaching portions by means of which the device may be secured to its support, the intermediate portion of the blank extending in a plane at an acute angle to the attaching portions and formed to receive an inscribed card or label.

2. A card or label holder formed from a blank of sheet material having its ends doubled to form attaching portions that are adapted to receive a support between them, fastening devices carried by the attaching portions for securing them to the support, the portion of the blank between the attaching portions being provided with a plurality of fingers that are struck up in rows transversely across the body of the blank to receive an inscribed card or label between them.

3. A device of the character described formed of a blank of` sheet material having a plurality of fingers struck up at spaced intervals and extending in parallel rows across thel body thereof and bent over at a'spaced distance from the surface of the blank to permit the insertion of a card or label therebetween, a stop being turned up from one side of the blank between the rows of retaining-fingers to limit the longitudinal motion of the label between them, and attaching portions formen by the ends of the blank.

4. A device of the character described formed of a blank of sheet material having its central portion forlned for the reception of an inscribed card or label, and attaching portions formed by doubling the ends of the blank together to receive a support between them, and fastening' devices thereon that are adapted to be extended through the support and clenched against the opposite side thereof, recesses or cut-away portions being formed in the respective attaching portions within which the clenched fastening devices of the opposing portion engage.

5. A device of the character described made of a blank of sheet material having its central portion formed to receive an inscribed card or label, the ends of the blank being bent angularly thereto and then brought together to extend parallel to form attaching portions between which a support may be inserted, fastening devices extending through the support and engaging in an aperture of the opposing portion for securing the extremities of the attaching portions, and reinforcing devices formed in the attaching portions intermediately of the extremities thereof and the label-receptacle embodying tongues adapted to extend to the opposite sides of the support to secure said attaching portions in relatively fixed relation.

6. A device of the character described formed of sheet material having its central portion formed to receive an inscribed card or label, an attaching portion extending obliquel v in relation to the label-receiving portion, and an additional attaching portion extending at a right angle to the label-receiving portion and thence parallel to the first attaching portion, the space between said attaching portions being adapted to receive the edge of a card or other support, and fastening` devices extending through the support for securing the attaching portions thereon in fixed relation.

7. A device of the character described formed of a blank of sheet material having a plurality of fingers struck up in parallel rows from the body portion thereof to form a receptacle for an inscribed card or label, a lateral extension adapted to be turned up to form a stop for the label, the ends of the blank being provided with iiaps or extensions that register and engage within corresponding apertures or cut-away portions that are formed in the opposing ends, and a flap or tongue formed in each of the end portions intermediately between its extremity and the central portion of the blank and arranged to coperate with a corresponding aperture in the opposing end portion when the ends of the blank are doubled.

PHlLlP H. YAlVMAN.

Witnesses:

Gr. VVILLARD Rien, CLARENon A. BA'rnMAN.

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